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According to his executive biography , Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen would have been a professional golfer if he hadn ’ t studied electronics engineering . Some may question the validity of that claim , but the 56-year-old has certainly been successful in steering his company around a challenging course in recent years . Still the owner of the world ’ s foremost creative suite , Narayen has overseen Adobe ’ s shift from desktop to the cloud while also founding and leading its innovative digital marketing category . Receiving an approval rating of 96 %, Narayen has now been in the CEO role for over ten years while his other notable achievements include the co-founding of Pictra and his continued membership of the United States President ’ s Management Advisory Board . www . adobe . com

Entering the list with an approval rating of 97 %, Jim Kavanaugh – who had

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a successful professional soccer career before moving into business – has been CEO of World Wide Technology since co-founding the company with David Steward in 1990 . In growing WWT from an ambitious startup to a worldwide organisation specialising in information technology and supply chain solutions , the Saint Louis University alumnus has been recognised with a host of business , entrepreneurial and charitable awards . According to WWT , Kavanaugh ‘ currently focuses his time in the areas of technology innovation , long term planning , strategic acquisitions , financial performance , employee development , and passionately overseeing its unique corporate culture ’. www . wwt . com

SEPTEMBER 2018